“I have a lot
of confidence in myself, a lot of confidence in the race team, our equipment
and if my mind plays games on me, I just fall back on the team.”

“Experience
is invaluable. I can’t express enough how much experience in this
sport has helped me as a driver.”

”You always
think you’ve got enough ability to win, but you never know until
you get out there and do it.”

“I’m one of the believers that there
is such a thing as momentum, team morale and energy. If it’s all
on a positive, you know, good things happen. If you’re down and
out, bad things just seem to keep happening.”

“I have a lot
of confidence in myself, a lot of confidence in the race team, our equipment
and if my mind plays games on me, I just fall back on the team.”

“Experience
is invaluable. I can’t express enough how much experience in this
sport has helped me as a driver.”

“I am just so
proud of this team.”

“Us
drivers are stupid—we just go!”

“If we’re
in a position to win, great. If we’re not, the goal is to be a champion,
and we want to do the right things to be a champion.”

“I
don’t have any negative feelings from any of the years that we’ve
been close but didn’t deliver.”

“This team has
really come into its own. They’re awesome.”

“I
couldn’t be more proud of the race team and everything they are
doing.”

“NASCAR does
a good job of trying to keep things equal with new rules. We’re
not allowed to have computers in our cars to tell the crew what’s
going on. So the only thing you have is the driver, and the driver-crew
chief relationship. That’s the most important thing.”

“Jeff
[Gordon] doesn’t sit down and explain things. We don’t sit
and have meetings where I’m the student. He really teaches by example.
I’ve learned a lot on and off the racetrack.”

“I grew up in
a very simple home, a very simple background, and to be able to do what
I’m able to do today, I’m very honored. I don’t think
I’ll ever lose that perspective, and I don’t want to.”

“It’s
been neat to be this good.”

“I think we knew in our hearts we could do this all along.”

“I don't think I have, or any driver has, the right to proclaim their spot in history. That's not for that person to decide. That's for the fan base, the guys that have done it and are in that club and were accepted into that club.”

“We worked so hard to put ourselves in this position. It is such a team sport. I can't thank Chad Knaus enough. It's total teamwork and dedication.”

“I just don’t have words to express how proud I am of this race team.”

“I feel I can speak on behalf of a lot of the drivers that these guys are the heroes of the sport and made it what it is today. And we've got a big responsibility on our shoulders to not screw it up and to help it continue to grow. It's a cool sport that we love, and we're trying to do our best with it.”

“I couldn’t do it without Chani.”

“Is Peyton Manning that interesting? Tom Brady? Derek Jeter? How about Tiger Woods? I guess that’s what I don’t get about the ‘vanilla’ thing.”

“I am just so proud to be in this position, and so thankful to have my great race team.”

““I've had a good time with this. This has been fun.”

“I think it's been great for our sport to see the comparisons drawn to other sports that have been able to link together multiple championships.”

“I have really soaked in this experience and enjoyed it and just so happy to come out on to.”